Remember when how food tasted relied mainly on, well, how the food actually tasted? So last century!
The latest bombshell in the flavor-enhancement industry is Senomyx. Today’s New York Times article talks up high hopes for its upcoming salt substitute.
From the official website, Senomyx is “a biotechnology company using proprietary taste receptor-based assays and screening technologies to discover and develop novel flavors and flavor enhancers for the packaged food and beverage industry.”
Well, I don’t care what they say, they just don’t make proprietary taste receptor-based assays like my grandmother used to make.

If antidisestablishmentarianism is opposition to the withdrawal of state support from a church, then surely unantilactaidconsumerism is the purpose of The Milk is Milk Website and Blog.
As children of the eighties we grew up with

	Rigatoni Rigatoni is by far the superior pasta shape for hearty sauces. A meat sauce is great because you can scoop up the sauce into the pasta. Very simple tubular design, so it’s aesthetics are pleasing to the minimalist. Perfect to snack on as well. San Giorgio has many small grooves along the pasta, making its texture much more pleasant than the Barilla brand with the wide grooves. A+
	Rotini Second only to rigatoni, rotini’s spiral shape makes it an ideal sauce conveyor as well. The absence of the scooping factor makes it slightly inferior, but again it is easy and fun to snack on. Rotini is good for cream sauces and pasta salads in a way that rigatoni is not, because it won’t cause the sauce to bubble out unexpectedly. Its design is fun, but a bit too complex to be regarded entirely as food. B+
	Angel Hair One of the weakest pasta choices. The chunky tomato sauces that I prefer don’t stick to it well, and unless cooked precisely right it becomes a sticky mass of ugly noodles. It looks like intestines. C –
	Macaroni The poor white trash of the pasta family. Does it get any more boring than macaroni? Yankee Doodle was the best use of this pasta. Sure the ubiquitous cheese can be served just fine with this pasta, but other than being a college pantry staple, macaroni is a disgrace to the pasta family. D+
	Farfelle Vulgarized as “bow ties” this pasta is the most attractive to the eye. Who can resist a pasta salad made with farfelle? These butterflies are great in a chunky sauce with sausage. B

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Yes many seasonings taste better fresh, yes it’s great if you plan your meals three days in advance. But who are we kidding- the store is far far away and its cold out.
As part 2 of DCF